Shia Rights Watch (SRW) has released its report for June 2024, detailing significant human rights violations against Shia Muslim individuals and communities in various countries.
The report highlights numerous terrorist operations, including armed attacks and bombings, along with systemic repression and abuse in several countries.
SRW could only document some of the reported violations with the help of human rights activists and some civil organizations. Many field indicators suggest the occurrence of other violations that could not be confirmed with evidence and witnesses.
The monthly report covers Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bahrain, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq.
This report highlight the Shia rights violations from June 1 to July 1, 2024.
The report reviews numerous terrorist acts carried out by extremist groups against Shia Muslims and the repression and abuse perpetrated against them by certain governments.
SRW emphasizes that it relies on its own sources and some public sources, such as individuals and groups active in the field of freedoms and human rights in the countries where these violations occurred.
SRW refrained from mentioning some violations due to the lack of conclusive evidence, even though it is confident that these violations occurred in some countries. SRW stresses that its work does not aim for political or financial gains but seeks to achieve the justice and equality desired by human communities.
Afghanistan
06/06/2024: Taliban confiscates Shia religious books from schools in Bamiyan and Balkh: Taliban authorities confiscated Shia religious books from schools in Bamiyan province, predominantly inhabited by Shia, and similarly in the city of Balkh.
06/10/2024: Closure of a university, a school, and a television channel for Shias: The so-called Ministry of Justice in the Taliban government closed Khatam Al-Nabieen University and Tamaddon TV channel. Khatam Al-Nabieen School, established by the late Shia leader Ayatollah Mohseni, was also closed.
Pakistan
06/05/2024: Abduction of two Shia academics: Two Shia community members were kidnapped under mysterious circumstances, and their fate remains unknown. Observers believe extremist groups committed this crime. Human rights platforms revealed that human rights activist Engineer Mumtaz Rizvi, aged 61, and Shia student Rashid Ali from Gilgit-Baltistan were kidnapped while studying in Karachi.
06/11/2024: Border checkpoint extorts and robs Shia pilgrims: Human rights sources revealed that Shia pilgrims were extorted and robbed by employees of the Taftan checkpoint while traveling from Quetta to Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and Imam Reza (peace be upon him) in Iran.
06/20/2024: Two killed and four injured in a bus attack in Peshawar: An armed group belonging to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization attacked a bus heading to Peshawar, resulting in two deaths and four injuries.
06/21/2024: Assassination of a Shia preacher in Mandi: A terrorist group assassinated Shia preacher Sayed Bahauddin Sayed Asad Ejaz from Tehsil Valia, Mandi area.
06/22/2024: Extremist group attacks Friday prayers in Sheikhupura: An extremist group attacked Shia worshipers in the village of Bhikhi in Sheikhupura area with sticks, stones, and obscene language, besides desecrating the mosque, causing injuries to several worshipers and damaging mosque contents.
06/24/2024: Abduction of a veterinary doctor in Dera Ismail: An unknown group kidnapped veterinary doctor Sayed Ghazanfar Hussain Shah while he was heading to his workplace in Dera Ismail Khan. His fate remains unknown.
Bahrain
06/25/2024: Arrest of six youths from the town of Karzakan: Security authorities arrested Abdullah Abbas Abdul Rasul, Mohammed Abbas Abdul Rasul, Mohammed Shouqi Salman, Mohammed Jassim Al-Qattan, Mohammed Khalil Al-Karani, and Hussein Ahmed Al-Kash, from Karzakan, after summoning them to a security center.
06/27/2024: Arrest of a young man from the town of Karzakan: Security authorities arrested Ali Yasser Daif from Karzakan after summoning him to a security center.
06/28/2024: Arrest of three youths from the town of Karzakan: Security authorities arrested Jassim Mohammed Taher Al-Jabal, Mohammed Mirza Ali Abu Hassan, and Ali Naji Abbas Marhoon from Karzakan after summoning them to a security center.
Syria
06/15/2024: Three visitors injured in Deir Ezzor: Three Iraqi visitors heading to holy sites in Damascus were injured, and their vehicle was damaged after a terrorist group attacked their bus with gunfire on a main road in Deir Ezzor.
Iraq
06/09/2024: One person injured in an IED explosion in Al-Khalis: An IED planted by terrorists on the roadside in Al-Khalis city injured one person and damaged his vehicle.
06/11/2024: ISIS attacks security personnel in the holy city of Samarra: An armed group belonging to ISIS attacked security personnel in the holy city of Samarra, injuring several of them.
06/16/2024: Three women and a child injured in an IED explosion in Tuz Khurmatu: An IED planted by terrorists on the main market road in Tuz Khurmatu injured three women and a child, besides damaging market properties.
06/25/2024: One killed and one injured in a Daesh war remnant explosion in Mandali: An explosion of a Daesh war remnant in Mandali killed one person and injured another.
06/25/2024: Child killed and his sister injured in a war remnant explosion in Basra: An explosion of a war remnant in North Rumaila, west of Basra, killed a child and injured his sister.
